Canada Stocks to Watch: Agrium, KEYreit, Xceed, MCAN and more

Listed below are some of the stocks we expect to move during today’s trading session:

Proxy-advisory firms ISS and Glass Lewis have weighed in on opposite sides in the proxy fight between Jana Partners LLC and Agrium Inc., with ISS supporting two of Jana’s nominees and Glass Lewis backing Agrium’s current director slate.

MCAN Mortgage Corp. said it has agreed to buy Xceed Mortgage Corp. for C$1.75 a share, or a total of about C$53 million, payable in cash and stock.

Banro Corp. plans an offering of common and preferred shares to raise up to $100 million and said it had a fourth-quarter profit of $5.9 million, or 3 cents a share.

A.G.F. Management Ltd. said first-quarter earnings from continuing operations fell to 17 Canadian cents a share from 18 Canadian cents. The results came in ahead of the Thomson Reuters mean estimate of 14 Canadian cents.

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